X-ray slg plne bdy sect without urogr at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE

225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$5,789.14

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$5,789.14

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$87.76 with Texas Health Network vs $5,210.23 with Affiliated PPO — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Texas Health Network MCD $87.76 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $89.55 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCD $89.55 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $89.55 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $89.55 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $89.55 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $90.21 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $90.21 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $90.21 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $90.21 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $92.01 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $97.43 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $98.51 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $98.51 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $98.51 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $98.51 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $111.94 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $212.95 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $225.48 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $244.02 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO $290.08 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $347.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $347.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $347.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $347.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $347.35 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $370.21 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $381.07 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $409.09 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPPO $492.05 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPOS $492.05 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $492.05 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPPO $523.42 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPOS $523.42 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMHMO $523.42 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPPO $615.45 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONPOS $615.45 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONHMO $615.45 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPOS $665.13 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPPO $665.13 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAHMO $665.13 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $961.00 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,018.89 ↓ -82%
Humana HMO $1,049.17 ↓ -82%
Humana PPO $1,049.17 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,389.39 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $1,447.29 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,476.23 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,580.44 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $2,026.20 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $2,026.20 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $2,026.20 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,315.66 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,315.66 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,489.33 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $2,605.11 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $2,605.11 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,605.11 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $2,894.57 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,085.61 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,184.03 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,184.03 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,473.48 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $3,473.48 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $3,473.48 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $3,473.48 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $3,762.94 ↓ -35%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $4,631.31 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $4,631.31 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,747.09 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $4,920.77 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $4,920.77 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $5,210.23 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $5,210.23 ↓ -10%

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